Re: Odainsakur

["Poul Erik Jørgensen"]

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>> Poul wrote:
>> TYR: what language is that? Celtic?
>> Why not TUR?
>
> I'm thinking Zurich may have derived from the German Ziu...Ziu
> corresponding with Tyr...one of the Germanic Gods.  There is also
> obscure evidence that Ziu (Tyr) was married to the Goddess Zisa.

Why don't the Swiss just say Züich (from ziu ach)? Where does the -r- come
from?

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